Heritage Citation
NAME OF HERITAGE PLACE: Chesney Wolde Address: 57 Berkeley Street, Hawthorn Name: Chesney Wolde Survey Date: 25 August 2020 Place Type: Residential Architect: Not Known Grading: Significant Builder: Not Known Extent of Overlay: To title boundaries Construction Date: c1916 Historical Context The First Nations People, the Wurundjeri, have a connection to the land along the valleys of the Yarra River and Gardiners Creek.1 This connection extends back thousands of years, and continues today. The boundaries of Hawthorn are defined by Barkers Road and Burke Road to the north and east; and two watercourses, the Yarra River and its tributary, Gardiners Creek.2 Of 1 Gary Presland, First People. The Eastern Kulin of Melbourne, Port Phillip and Central Victoria, p 25. 2 The former City of Hawthorn 1 the watercourses, hills, valleys and plains within the Melbourne region, it is the Yarra River that is its defining feature, and one that serves as its artery. It was its abundant supply of freshwater that saw European settlement establish along the Yarra River in the nineteenth century. Today the metropolis still obtains much of its water from the Yarra and its tributaries in the nearby ranges. It was a short distance from the subject site, that in 1836-37 pastoralist John Gardiner (1798-1878) settled with his family, and Joseph Hawdon and John Hepburn. They drove cattle overland from Sydney to the property they established on Gardiners Creek,3 land now occupied by Scotch College. Improved transport links with the city, initially the completion of the railway from the city to Hawthorn in 1861, stimulated residential development.
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